Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-11
weekly Weather Crop Bulletin.

WAsHINeroN, May 8.-General Greeley
chief signal officer, has arranged to issu'
beRinning /" ith to-day, special weekly bu
!etln with view OF promptly placing b,
fore the public each Monday morning N
liable information relative to climatic COZ
ditions in the agricultural districts of th
country. It is believed these bulletins
containing Deficiencies and excess relativ
to temperatures and rainfall, will serve q
reliable basis for determining the con
dltions. favorable or uniavorable, for tn
crop bulletin for the week ending Satur
day. the 7th: .-''.''-'- - ~ -
SIaNAL OFFICE, WASHINGTON, May g.
Temperature-During the pr. sent year
commencing January 1st and ending MAJ
1st. the weather has been colder than usua
in the States bordering on the Atlantic
coast and from New England over tn,
great lakes, Upper Mississippi and Mis-
souri, valleys to the Rocky Mountains. tn,
regions OF greatest cold being in the States
bordering on the great lakes, and thence
/ westward tn the Missouri River, over
which the aggregate efficiency of daily mean
temperatures from January 1st to date
ranged from 200 degrees to 400 degrees ian
| average daily deficiency of from about
1.6 degrees to degrees). =
In Northern New England and in the
South Atlantic States the total deficiency
in temperature ranged from 100 degrees
TO SO0 degrees, or an average of about 1
degree to 2 degrees colder than usual.
The weather has been warmer than
usual since January 1st in the East and
West Gulf States, Tennessee. Kentucky,
West Virginia and in northern portions of
Ohio, Illinois and Missouri. the aggrega te
excess of daily mean temperatures from
January 1st to date ranging from 100 de-
grees to 200 degrees over the whole region
named.
During the week ending May Z, 1887, the
temperature has been warmer than the
average for the week in all the districts
east OF the Rocky Mountains, except the
Florida peninsula and Texas. The increase
OF temperature over normal for the week
in wheat and corn regions north of the
10th parallel OF latitude has averaged
about degrees, and this excess hae, there
fore. caused q rapid advance in the season
over the region where it was much re-
tarded.
In the South the region OF excessive tenn
perature has received q still further in.
crease. and along the Atlantic coast the
excess of temperature for the week ranged
from 25 degrees to so degrees. thereby re-
ducing the deficiency in temperature for the
tions favorable to agricultural interests.
THE RAINFALL
during the season from January LIST to
May LIST, 1887, is as follows: Since Janu-
ary 1st there has been a large deficiency in
rainfall in the Northern States, and rang
ing from to 8 inches in the Gulf States
and interior of the Southern Atlantic
States. The deficiency in the grain regions
of the Northwest has been slight, ranging
rom to inches in the Lower Mis- |
'ouri Valley. and averaging about |
inch in the Upper Mis-
'issippi Valley. The regions showing
IN excess of precipitation for the season |
ire as follows: Northern New England, the !
Hudson River Valley, Upper Ohio Valley,
tations on Lake Erie and in Eastern |
Michigan and in the Western portion of |
Kansas and Nebraska.
The greatest excess, ranging from to
inches, for the season covers Northern |
nd Western Ohio, Western portions of
and New York. Slight de.
eported from Central and Southern Cali
)rnia.
DURING THE WEEK
nded May 7th. 1887, rainfalls IN the
'orthern portions OF Wisconsin, Minnesota
III O6AOU6 duU Ill U0c W06U OulI oGaIeS,
, Central Mississippi, Northern Georgia and
entral Alabama have been slightly
bove the average for the week. The heav-
st rainfalls occurring in Eastern
exas, Arkansas and Southern Missouri
aus in q measure alleviating the drouth
kIsting in these sections. In the Western
ortiens Of New York and Pennsylvania
nd in Northern Ohio the rainfall for the
eek has served to increase the excess of ,
linfall already reported in those sections. Y
will thus be seen that season to date in
lose various sections has heen about as
llows: IL
In the grain regions Of the North. it has e
zen comparatively cold and dry. 6
In the cotton regions to the West of /
porgia, warm and unusually dry.
In the cotton and rice regions on the q
outh Atlantic coast, cold and compare c
vely dry. j
In the tobacco regions of Virginia and \
orth Carolina, cold and dry.
In the tobacco regions of Kentucky, c
snnessee ami Pennsylvania. the weather '
ls been warmer, with rainfall slightly less b
an usual, except in Northern Kentucky, b
lere the rainfall was slightly in excess. b
From reports r. sceived it appears that a
conditions the past week a
We had the effect of rapidly advancing a
e season in these sections where it had t
en- previously retarded.
[Signedl A. w. GREELEY,
Chief Si0naI OA;cer "